On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 02:54:22PM +0000, Charles Howard wrote: > > Is it possible to structure a large collection of emails in an org file ? Are > there any specific tools for doing this ? > > I have used pine for many years but the business of categorizing sensibly > into folders the hundreds of mails which > come each week is out of hand. Googlemail is offering a single file of > emails, with (multiple) `tabs' replacing > the functionality of folders. This seems like a great step forward, but I > don't like GUIs, and I'm not happy that on > googlemail it seems not to be possible to download an email to disk with > header information. (And I don't want all > my emails permanently on someone else's server.) > > Maybe this has been thought of already, but I can't see it anywhere. I've > never used mail under emacs (though I've used > emacs for about 12 years). > > What I have in mind is a single text file containing (say) one year's 10^5 > emails. I could go through attaching tabs, > TODO notes, draft replies, rude remarks, tags, ... able to open a specific > category ... > > If I'm reinventing the wheel, please don't be too harsh.
Between Mutt and Mairix I use maildir (one message per file) and searching to meet my needs. I'd like to follow up on putting a message ID link in org to open emails though. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3 _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
